Left Behind in Rosedale - Race Relations and the Collapse of Community Institutions

"This book has the potential to be a classic in the fields of race relations and urban sociology." Cleveland State University

Sommario

Race Relations and Urban Neighborhoods -- The Ghettoization of Rosedale -- Racial Transition and the Loss of Community -- Racism and Residential Transition: Old Myths and New Realities -- The Adolescent Menace: Beyond Racial Stereotypes -- Sexual Violence in Rosedale -- The Wilding Incidents of 1982 -- The Underclass of Rosedale: Community Institutions in Crisis -- The Struggle to Create New Institutions: The Crisis Deepens -- Public Policy, Social Change, and the Fall of Rosedale -- Race Relations, Social Justice, and the Future of Urban Neighborhoods

Info autore

Scott Cummings

Riassunto

This book examines the institutional, cultural, and psychological changes that accompanied racial transition in a single community, Rosedale, over several years. It is about crime, violence, and personal crisis among older people and about human suffering, fear, and entrapment.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Scott Cummings, Cummings Scott
• Editore: Perseus Books Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 09.01.1998
• EAN: 9780813334219
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-3421-9
• Pagine: 240
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Städte, Stadtgemeinden, Soziale und ethische Themen, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Social issues & processes, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Social and ethical issues, Urban communities, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, Urban communities / city life